Meaning of budo | Babel Free

Definitions

Japanese martial arts.

uncountable

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Examples

“Despite the apparent oddness of this characterization of the art of the warrior as a practice of love, Ueshiba insisted that his perspective faithfully represented the essence of traditional budō.”

“It is the principle of nonresistance that distinguishes aikidō from other forms of budō.”

“The same approach was maintained through the 1990s, when the guidelines for budō in school encouraged kendō practice as a way for every individual to ‘be rich in humanity and strong in body’ but also emphasised the idea of Japanese budō as a unique component of their we-group identity.”

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